Thursday, February 25, 2010

Sachin Tendulkar's monumental feets


Even as the people in the stadium screaming for "Sachin" on top of their lungs, yet another milestone in the twenty long years as cricketer with great success and milestone achievements. Yet another historic achievement in the world of one day cricket, finally finally the monumental feet of becoming the first cricketer to reach 200 runs in an ODI has been achieved and still saying the best is yet to come. What a great cricketer he has been all these years entertaining us for more than two decades and still has the enthusiasm and passion of a new cricketer after being for so long in playing cricket.

Some of the records Sachin has achieved in his career:

1. The highest run scorer in ODI.
2. Most number of hundreds in ODI (41).
3. Most number of man of the match in ODI (56).
4. Most number of man of the series in ODI (14).
5. First player to get 10,000 runs in ODI.
6. First player to pass 15,000 runs in ODI.
7. Most number of 50’s in ODI (87).
8. Played in most number of ODI’s (407).
9. Highest run scored in a calendar year (1894).
10. First cricket to score more than 75 centuries in International cricket.
11. Sachin and Sourav hold the record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership (6271 runs from 128 matches).
12. Most ODI centuries in a calendar year (9 centuries in 1998).
13. Highest individual score by any cricketer in ODI (200* runs).
14. Most number of stadium appearances (100 + stadiums).
15. First cricket o get 25,000+ international runs.
16. Only player to get 100 centuries in first class cricket.
17. Most number of centuries in test cricket (39).

And many more records, every ball he plays, every run he scores, every catch, every wicket he takes is a record in itself, hope he entertains us for more years. Taking a bow to the greatest cricketer the world has ever seen “Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar”.